Lubricating system



March 5; 1935. H, D CHURCH 1,993,359

LUBRICATING SYSTEM Filed NOV. 18, 1929 Patented Mar. 5, 1935 y AUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LUBRICATING SYSTEM Harold D. Church, Cleveland, 'Ohiotassignor to TheWhite Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio, a, corporation of hio v `,Application November 18, 1929, Serial No; 407,880

' 6 claims., (c1. 1st-6) This invention relates to lubricating systems throughout most `of its length and turning and particularly to a system which is especially through about120". Within this cylinder is a adapted to lubricating internal combustion shaft 17 having a straight slot 18 extending upmotors. p wardly from its lower end nearly to its top and l An'object of the invention is to provide animarranged to overlie a portion of the slot 16 in4 5 provedlubricatingv system which will eiiiciently any operative position.` The upper end of con-v lubricate the cylinder walls of Yan internall com duit 14 is connected to a bifurcated duct 19one` bustion motor. branch of which 20 communicates with the` Another object is to provide an improved lu manifold and the other branch of which 21 com- 1o ,bricating system in which the pressure uponand municates through a valve port 22 with a space,` 10 amount of lubricant supplied to the Walls of a 23 within cylinder 15 and below the end of shaft cylinder maybe correlated to the throttle set- 17. An overflow duct 24 leads fromthe bottomy ting of the engine. p of the interior of shell 12 back to the interior Another object is to provide an improved luof the crank case.

.bricating systemin which the pressure upon and From the above descriptionit will be rseen that 15 l amount of lubricant supplied the cylinder-walls? as the vcam shaft rotates, oil is pumped through willrbe controlled by the temperature of the conduit 14 and, if valve port 22 is open, rises engine. f Within the slot 18 in shaft 1-7`to .thepoint where Other objects willl hereinafter appear; this slotris in communication withthe slot 16 The inventionwill bebetter understood from through cylinder 15, at which point the oil over- 20 the description of one practical embodiment flows'and runs down within the shell, passing thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawthrough the .duct 24 leading to the crank case.. ing, in which;` Thus a column fof. oil' is maintained of a height `Figure 1 is a transverse sectional View of an determinedby the relative position of cylindertl internal, combustion motor providedwith lubriand shaft 17. The pressure on the lubricating oil eatingapparatus vembodying the invention; in ducts 19 and,20 caused by the 4 weight rof this Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional View taken column4 forces anamount of oilmorev-or less *pre1-, v on the line II-'II ofFigure 1; andV portional to the height of columnthrough `Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken pipes 11 and 9 to the inlets 8 in the various cylinanion the une T11- 1n ofjFigurei. der walls. 1f however, port 22 isclosed the1ubr-,- 30* The motor illustrated comprises'a crank case cant is delivered directly fromv4 the Vconduit V14 1 in which isjournald a crank (not shown) opto the manifold 10 and thence to the/ inlets 8, eratedrby connecting rods 2 pivoted at their up? thepressure atv which `it is delivered being` maper ends in pistons 3L The pistons reciprocate terially 'greater than that produced by the colin cylinders 4 formed within a cylinder block, umn of uid. 35 the upper 6nd 0f the blOCk being CIOSed by a Cyl- The port 22 is controlled by a valve consisting inder head 6. The cylinder block is formed with of a spindle 25 having a piston-like head 26 witha Water jacket 7 SulIOuIldIlg the cylinders and in a cylinder 27 and urged outwardly by a spring extending throughout the head. 28 carried by the exterior of the shell 12. A

Through the side walls of each cylinder exconduit 29 is connected with the portion of the 40 tends an oil inlet port 8 by which the lubricant cylinder in which the spring is located and this, may be supplied to the interior of the cylinder in turn,vis connected, through a chamber 30 in wall at a point which is always covered by some which a needle valve 31 is positioned, to the inportion of the piston. A groove 8a distributes take manifold 32 of the motor, so that the sucthe oil about the piston. Threaded into the end tion within this manifold may be used to reduce 45 of the inlet port is the end of a pipe 9 which the pressure within the cylinder, causing the @Ommllncates With a maIlOld 10 WhCh, in turn, atmospheric pressure on head 26 to overcome the is connected to a lubricant reservoir by a pipe 11. force of this spring and cause the valve 25 t0 The reservoir is shown in the form of an upright close the port 22. The needle valve is directly Cylindrical shell 12 carried adjacent the Cylinder connected to a thermostat consisting of a bellows block. Lubricant is supplied to the reservoir 33 positioned within the Water jacketing of the from the cam shaft or other rotating part of the motor, illustrated as within the cylinder head, engine 13 through a conduit 14. Within the so that this valve is directly controlled by the shell is an upwardly extending tubular sleeve 15 temperature of the water in the cooling system.

provided with a helical slot 16 extending 'I'he upper end of shaft 17 is provided with an 55 arm 34 which is connected to a part of the throttle controlling mechanism so that this shaft is rotated as the throttle is varied and thereby maintains the height of the fluid column proportional to the throttle opening. Obviously if it were desired this shaft might be controlled by the speed of the engine or some other factor.

The function of the thermostatic control of valve 25 is to permit the motor when cold to receive a larger amount of lubricant under higher pressure than under operating conditions after it has been warmed up, the thermostat being so arranged that the needle valve 31 is opened when the circulating water is cold, allowing the suction in the intake manifold to close port 21 and allow the iluid to be delivered at its maximum pressure.

Within the crank `case are positioned bailies secured to the underside of the upper flangevv 3l of the crank case, these bales each being provided With a slot 37 just large enough to permit the oscillation ofthe connecting rod and having down-turned peripheral flanges 38. The purpose of the baies is to catch the lubricant splashed by the rotation of the crank shaft and to cause the same to drip back into the crank.

case without getting on the cylinder walls, as the lubricant supplied through inlets 8 is sufcient to lubricate these walls.

While I have described the illustrated embodiment of my invention in some particularity, obviously many others will readily occur lto those skilled in this art, and I do not, therefore, limit" the cylinder walls of the engine, means'control-- ling the pressure in accordance with the throttle opening, and vmeans for rendering the said controlling means inoperative when the motor is cold. 2. In an engine lubricating system, meansfor supplying lubricant under pressure, a gravity column to which said lubricant is delivered,y

means controlled by the throttle controlling mechanism for controllingthe height of said column, and a conduit leading fromv said column to the cylinders of the engine.

3. In an engine lubricating system, means for supplying lubricant under pressure, a conduit having two branches one of which leads to the cylinders of the engine, a valve in the other branch, the second branch communicating with a gravity column, means controlling the height of the column operated by the throttle controlling mechanism, and thermostatic means controlling the valve.

4. In an engine lubricating system, a source of lubricant under pressure, a conduit leading therefrom and having two branches, one of the branches leading to the cylinder walls of the engine, and the other to a column, an adjustable overflow for said column operated by the throttle mechanism of the engine, a valve in the second branch of said conduit, resilient means normally maintaining said valve open, air pressure operated means for closing said valve, a

connection `between said air pressure operated otherv of said branches passing through a valve to the interior of a cylindrical sleeve, the walls of the sleeve being provided with a helical groove extendingtherethrough, a shaft within the sleeve having "a longitudinally extending groove arranged to overlie one point of said helical groove and thus determine the height of a column of f fluid, a shell surrounding the sleeve to receive the fluidbverflowing through the grooves, a duct leading from the bottom of the sneu to the in-A terior of the crank case of the motor, an operat-l. ing lever carried by the upper end of the shaft.

and connected to the throttle controlling mechanism ofthefmotor, a cylinder carried by the shell, a' piston' reciprocable therein and operating said valve, a spring urging the piston in one direction, asource of suction connected to the cylinder to urge the piston in the other direction, a valve controlling said suction, and a thermostat operating said valve and exposed. to the cooling iluid of the motor.

6. In an enginelubricating system, means for delivering lubricant under pressure to rthe cylinder Walls of the engine, and means connected to the throttle of the engine varying the pressure of the lubricant supplied in proportion to the throttle opening.

' HAROLD D. CHURCH. 

